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manageress|ˈmænɪdʒərɪs, mænɪdʒəˈrɛs|
[f. prec. + -ess.]
A woman manager, e.g. of a theatre or hotel.
1797A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) I. 20 The lady manageress's benefit had been stuck up at every door in the parish. 1819Scott Fam. Lett. 23 Aug. (1894) II. 52 A play of Joanna Baillie's which she has sent to Mrs. Siddons (our manageress). 1885M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird III. 81 Mdlle. Duprez..was known and welcomed with friendliest greeting by manageress and head waiter. 1902E. Banks Newspaper Girl 105, I had given a false name and false address to the manageress of the laundry. |